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Preview video: Shoot'em Up "Wings of Fear" (14. Apr. 2025)
Roar Tjørhom tries to create a little shoot'em up for the Amiga with the help of the game construction kit Scorpion Engine and has published a preview video....

Rennspiel: Carmageddon update (14. Apr. 2025)
A reverse engineering project brings the PC classic Carmageddon to the Classic Amiga: the conversion of Artur 'Arcziii' Jarosik (video) is based on the original engine, was adapted for the 68k architecture and requires the original game data of Carmageddo...

Encryption protocol: AmiSSL 5.20 (AmigaOS 3/4) (14. Apr. 2025)
Version 5.20 of the open source encryption protocol AmiSSL has been released, which is now based on the latest version 3.5.0 (8.4.2025) of OpenSSL. Detailed changes: Switched to OpenSSL 3.5, with full compatibility with the latest OpenSSL 3.5.0 (8.4....

Tool: Audio decompression with QoaToAiff 0.1 (14. Apr. 2025)
The relatively new "Quite OK Audio Format" (QOA) is a lossy audio compression format: audio signals (44100hz, stereo) are encoded at 278 kbits/s, or more precisely at 3.2 bits per sample - exactly 1/5 of the bits required for an uncompressed WAV file. It ...

Aminet uploads until 12.04.2025 (13. Apr. 2025)
The following files have been added until 12.04.2025 to Aminet: amigaget.lha comm/net 74K OS3 get https files for the... AmiBlitz3_Cheat_Sheet.lha dev/blitz 120K GEN AmiBlitz3 Cheat Sheet TankMou...

AmigaRemix: Further files added (13. Apr. 2025)
AmigaRemix collects remixes of well-known soundtracks of Amiga games. Since our last news item, the following mp3 files have been added: Harlequin Title Tune Galaxy II Alien Breed - Tower Assault Wizardry (Garden Eden Edit) ...

AmigaOS 4: Waffle floppy disk reader now with installer and ReAction interface (13. Apr. 2025)
Waffle is a device for reading Amiga floppy disks with a PC floppy disk drive under AmigaOS 4 (amiga-news.de reported). While the previous user interface required a graphics card with hardware 3D acceleration, Andrea Palmatè now has added a ReAction inter...

Video: Floppy emulator Big Box Amiga GoDRIvE (13. Apr. 2025)
The floppy emulator GoDRIvE was initially only available for keyboard case Amigas (amiga-news.de reported). DigitalRetroBay now also offers it for the Amiga 2000 and Amiga 4000. In contrast to the traditional Gotek disk emulators, the GoDrivE...

Conversion of a standard power supply unit for the Amiga 500 (13. Apr. 2025)
At the title link, Keith Monahan describes how he converted a standard 50 Watt power supply unit, which costs around 50 euros, so that he can use it as a replacement power supply unit for his Amiga 500. The model used was the GP50A13D-R1B from Meanwe...

tom's HARDWARE is covering AmigaOS 3.2.3 (12. Apr. 2025)
Mark Tyson reports in detail about the latest AmigaOS update on "tom's HARDWARE" and also gives a short overview of the development of AmigaOS and its descendants since the Commodore bankruptcy....

Cross-compiler/assembler: Calypsi 5.10 (12. Apr. 2025)
"Calypsi" is a collection of compilers and assemblers that run under Windows, Linux and macOS and can generate code for various retro platforms - 6502 and 68000 processors are supported, among others. Although the project is hosted on Github, the source c...

Emu68: Imager Tool 1.0.5 for Windows (12. Apr. 2025)
The "Imager Tool" enables PiStorm users to prepare an SD card with the Motorola68K emulation Emu68 and a preconfigured AmigaOS 3 installation. New in version 1.0.5 is the support of AmigaOS 3.9, and various bugs have been various bugs have been fixed....

Tool: identify-library 44.4 (11. Apr. 2025)
Richard Körber has released version 44.4 of the identify.library. It collects all kinds of system parameters and provides the user with information on CPU, FPU, memory, clock frequency, etc., for example. The current version now also recognises AmigaOS 3....

Paint program: PolarPaint for all Amiga systems (11. Apr. 2025)
PolarPaint is an experimental paint program written with Hollywood that requires a fast computer with RTG, at least a resolution of 1440x900x16 (program window is 1400x820), at least 40 MB free Fast RAM (64 MB or more recommended) and is available for Ami...

Amiga emulator: Amiberry 7.0.8 and Amiberry-lite 5.8.8 (11. Apr. 2025)
Amiberry is an Amiga emulator based on the current WinUAE version, while its little brother Amiberry-lite is based on WinUAE 4.4 and is intended for slower hardware - up to the Raspberry Pi 4. Version 7.0.8 of Amiberry is now available, Amiberry-lite has ...

Print/PDF magazine: APoV (Amiga Point of View), issue 6 (10. Apr. 2025)
Amiga Point of View is a 72-page PDF magazine. The sixth issue contains, among other things, a ten-page overview of games released in recent years, numerous game and hardware tests and a profile of the cyberpunk artist Tengushee. The PDF version is availa...

Free downloads: Dark Angel, Gravity Force 2, Legend of Falconia (10. Apr. 2025)
The full versions of Dark Angel, Gravity Force 2 and Legend of Falconia can now be downloaded free of charge from Amiga Future....

Video of Amiga 40 Roundtable and Lorraine at VCF East 2025 (10. Apr. 2025)
Former Amiga and Commodore employees Dale Luck, Ron Nicholson, Glenn Keller, Randell Jesup, Peter Cherna, Andy Finkel, and Jeff Porter talk about the history of the Amiga on a roundtable at the VCF East 2025 Amiga 40 celebration moderated by Dave McMurtri...

Do it yourself: Programmable ROM module KickSmash32 for the Amiga 1200 (09. Apr. 2025)
KickSmash32 is a Kickstart ROM replacement module that can be programmed directly under AmigaOS as well as via USB-C from Linux and provides eight flash banks for different ROM files. With version 1.6, after the Amiga 3000 and 4000, the Amiga 1200 is...

Do it yourself: RetroPlayer for Amiga music modules in a wooden case (09. Apr. 2025)
Skilled hobbyists who want a small player for Amiga music modules in an attractive wooden case with a rotary control and display will find a finished project with a list of all the components required at the title link. (There is also an English descripti...